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will
NOUN:

1. the faculty of conscious and especially of deliberate action; the power of control the mind has over its own actions:
the freedom of the will.

2. power of choosing one's own actions:
to have a strong or a weak will.

3. the act or process of using or asserting one's choice; volition:
My hands are obedient to my will.

4. wish or desire:
to submit against one's will.

5. purpose or determination, often hearty or stubborn determination; willfulness:
to have the will to succeed.

6. the wish or purpose as carried out, or to be carried out:
to work one's will.

7. disposition or inclination, whether good or ill, toward another.

8. the faculty of conscious and deliberate choice of action; volition.

Related adjectives: voluntary, volitive.

9. the act or an instance of asserting a choice.

10. anything decided upon or chosen, esp by a person in authority; desire; wish.

11. determined intention:
where there's a will there's a way.

12. disposition or attitude towards others:
he bears you no ill will.

14. appetite, passion.

15. choice, determination.

16. the act, process, or experience of willing; volition.

17. mental powers manifested as wishing, choosing, desiring, or intending.

18. a disposition to act according to principles or ends.

19. the collective desire of a group:
the will of the people.

20. the power of control over one's own actions or emotions:
a man of iron will.

21. something desired, especially a choice or determination of one having authority or power.

22. [from the phrase our will is which introduces it]; the part of a summons expressing a royal command.

Examples:

In her will, she asked that her money be donated to the church. // He made a will only days before his death.

Origin:

before 900; (noun) Middle English will(e), Old English will(a); cognate with Dutch wil, German Wille, Old Norse vili, Gothic wilja; (v.) Middle English willen, Old English willian to wish, desire, derivative of the noun; akin to will1. Old English willa; related to Old Norse vili, Old High German willeo (German Wille), Gothic wilja, Old Slavonic volja. —Dictionary.com. // History and Etymology: Verb: Middle English (1st & 3rd singular present indicative), from Old English wille (infinitive wyllan); akin to Old High German wili (3rd singular present indicative) wills, Latin velle to wish, will. Noun: Middle English, from Old English willa will, desire; akin to Old English wille. —Merriam-Webster.

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Updated: 8 June 2020 {7:18 PM}

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